Garage sale find

[elbaroni]

I was driving a friend home yesterday. Drove past a garage sale sign but decided not to stop. Turns out it was a crescent road and there was a second garage sale — we figured we may as well. They were just packing up, but in the corner half hidden by a box of shite was an unmistakable shape. I pulled it out and it was an SE/30. "How much do you want?" asked I. "What do you want to give me for it?" garage sale man replied. "$5?" Done. Awesome.

 

[Bunsen]

Sore o' the week, possibly the month.

Course we can't count iMac600's free C2D iMac, because snopes.com said it never happened.

 

[bsod]

Really neat score!

 

[Scott Baret]

What are the specs on your new SE/30?

 

[funkytoad]

Awesome! Especially for five bucks.

 

[Christopher]

What are the specs on your new SE/30?

8 Core Intel Xeon WoodCrest, 16GB of ram, and 2TB hard drive.

:O

 

[elbaroni]

I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't even plugged it in yet. I'll do so tonight.

Apparently the guy bought it second hand for about $2k, but I think it was fairly recently (like 1995 or something). I'm hoping that means it's been tricked out a little, but we'll see.

Nothing in the expansion slot as far as I can tell from the back, although that isn't necessarily definitive.

 

[elbaroni]

I *finally* got around to checking it out. Nothing special, sadly: 8/80, although with the original hard disk. System 7.5 running, a bunch of not terribly interesting software on board. Nothing in the expansion slot.

 

[elbaroni]

I should also say that I got horizontal SimasiMac lines the first time I turned it on — I cycled the power and she booted. Still, my fourth SE/30. I can set up a really over-powered bolo network! Are there any other 68k b/w capable games for network play?

 

[Christopher]

I have Carmen Sandiago games and Oregon Trail 1 on my IIsi running 7.0.1, So I think it would work for you.

 

[LCGuy]

I should also say that I got horizontal SimasiMac lines the first time I turned it on — I cycled the power and she booted. Still, my fourth SE/30. I can set up a really over-powered bolo network! Are there any other 68k b/w capable games for network play?

Spectre?

 

[Unknown_K]

I guess after 3 SE/30's the thrill wears off? I only have 2 so I guess I need one more then

 

[elbaroni]

Ooh, Spectre. Didn't think of that. Awesome - I'm setting that up tonight.